Thank goodness I have some storage bags with me!
Any of you ever forget your pumping supplies? How did you solve your problem (I just know some of you are closet MacGyvers!)?
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Omg!! I did this the other day, I had to go to Walmart during work! I bought storage bags. I've also forgotten the flanges once, another Walmart trip, and to top it off i forgot my entire pump at work last weekend!! Ugh!!
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I put my milk in a gatorade bottle. Serious. One time I didn't have a gatorade bottle with me, so I went to the gas station, bought one, drank it, cleaned it out and filled it up with milk!! Hahahhaha.
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I did this once too. Luckily I had a storage bag with me and filled that sucker as full as it would go. I also forgot my flanges once too. I waited as long as I could and then hand expressed. I had to Google how to do it and may or may not have squirted milk at the wall more than once.
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Not back at work yet, but I could see myself doing this! I'd try to put plastic over the tops and rubberband them closed.
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I've left bottles, storage bags, caps, and my pump at home before (all on different occasions).
For leaving bottle caps at home I asked my co-workers' to see any bottles they had with caps, including pill bottles, etc. I actually found two that worked and that my co-workers were willing to part with. I washed them with soap and water and put a rubber band around just in case
When I left bottles home, I just jimmy-rigged my storage bags to my pump with rubber bands and scotch tape.
When I left my pump home I had to go out and buy a manual! I keep it in my desk drawer as a back up.
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I've done this!
My pumping coworker gave me some storage bags.After that day, I bought an extra kit of Medela bags & hooks for my desk.
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I keep an entire extra set of pumping parts: bottles, flanges, caps, membranes, connectors in my desk.
I was traveling and didn't realize how much I would pump so I ran out of bottles. I bought a bottle of water dumped it into a cup and used that bottle.
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I forgot the flanges once, ugh I had to just wait it out
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EEEK --- I forgot my bottle caps too! I had 1 buried in my bag, and I have one other bottle that has a nipple on top - but I might have more than I can put in those two.... what should I do?
Should I pour it into 2 ziplock bags? Something about that seems wrong.... I need to put some freezer bags in my bag tonight for backup.
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@hellobeeboston: use a disposable water bottle!!
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@tysonja: oh, duh! good idea!
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I am so paranoid about this, so I keep a full set of just about everything at both work and home (bottles, caps, bags, pump accessories, manual pump, etc.)
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I kept the connectors attached since they are closed at the top and stuck them in the cooler which held them upright once zipped.
We traveled 8 hours away once and I stored all my milk in a (new) 1 L bottle since I couldn't freeze it and then transport it home.
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@hellobeeboston: Do you have disinfecting wipes or access to soap and water? If so, I would wash the surface of a plastic bag/ziploc, and use that as a covering for the bottles (with a rubber band to secure it). If you have too much milk, definitely try an alternative storage container! Anything clean and dry should work!
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@highwire: that is a really good plan, I need to buy an extra set & leave it in my desk...
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@hellobeeboston: after this happened to me, I also keep a ziploc bag with an extra set of everything just in case (hands-free bra, flanges, adapters for storage bags, storage bags, and pump parts already assembled) in my desk.
ETA: The extra hands free bra is a new addition . . . I forgot mine a couple of weeks ago, and had to cut holes in one of my regular bras to be able to pump!
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